 | George Combe - 1803 - 280 Seiten
...from the wash of the sea by whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship when all the hope of life; bad left us. " Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to... | |
 | 1825 - 512 Seiten
...from the wash of the sea by whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on...amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered. The officers sat about, wherever they could find shelter from the sea, and the men... | |
 | 1825 - 598 Seiten
...whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. Never, perhaps, was witnessed * finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when...sailor is always allowed to be in cases of danger, yet 1 did not believe it to be possible that among forty.one persons, not one repining word should have... | |
 | 1825 - 666 Seiten
...from the wash of the sea by whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep, Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on...amongst fortyone persons not one repining word should have been uttered. Tfie officers sat about, wherever they could find shelter from the sea, arid the... | |
 | 1825 - 502 Seiten
...from the wash of the sea by whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on...amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered. The officers sat about, •wherever they could find shelter from tbt sea, and the... | |
 | George Francis Lyon - 1825 - 260 Seiten
...from the wash of the sea by whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on...amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered. The officers sat about, wherever they could find shelter from the sea, and the men... | |
 | George Francis Lyon - 1825 - 758 Seiten
...from the wash of the sea by whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on...amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered. The officers sat about, wherever they could find shelter from the sea, and the men... | |
 | George Francis Lyon - 1825 - 244 Seiten
...from the wash of the sea by whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on...amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered. The officers sat about, wherever they could find shelter from the sea, and the men... | |
 | 1825 - 516 Seiten
...from the wash of the sea by whatever we could find, many of us endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on...to be possible that amongst forty-one persons not oue repining - word should have been uttered. The officers sat about, wherever they could find shelter... | |
 | 1825 - 424 Seiten
...by whatever they could Jind, some endeavoured to obtain a little sleep. " Never, " says capt. L., " was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my...possible, that amongst forty-one persons, not one repining should be uttered." At about six p. M. the rudder, which bad already received some very heavy blows,... | |
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Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible that amongst... 
